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Ragnar Klavan
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Key facts
- 1999
- Estonia U15
- 2001
- Estonia U17
- 2002
- Estonia U18
- 2003
- Estonia U20
- 2009
- → AZ (loan)
- Full name
- Ragnar Klavan
- Date of birth
- ( 1985-10-30 ) 30 October 1985 (age 40)
- Place of birth
- Viljandi , then part of Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Years
- Team
- 2001 2002
- Elva
- 2002 2003
- Tulevik
- 2003 2005
- Flora
- 2004 2005
- → Vålerenga (loan)
- 2005 2009
- Heracles Almelo
- 2009 2012
- AZ
- 2012 2016
- FC Augsburg
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Paide Linnameeskond
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Estonia
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 79
- Image
- The Liverpool team line-up before the game v Spartak Moskva, December 2017 (crop).png
- Height
- 185
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- sport number
- 5
- date of birth
- 1985-10-30
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- Ragnar Klavan
- name in native language
- Ragnar Klavan
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
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Ragnar Klavan (born 30 October 1985) is an Estonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is regarded as one of the greatest Estonian footballers of all time. A left-footed centre back, he also played as a left back during his career.
Klavan played for Elva, Tulevik and Flora in Estonia, winning the Meistriliiga with Flora in the 2003 season, before moving to the Netherlands where he played for Heracles Almelo and AZ, winning the Eredivisie with the latter in the 2008–09 season. In 2012, he transferred to FC Augsburg and spent four seasons in the Bundesliga before his move to Liverpool in 2016 for €5 million. In 2018, Klavan signed for Serie A's Cagliari in a transfer worth £2 million. In 2021, he returned to Estonia signing for Paide Linnameeskond and retired from football with Kalev in 2024.